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For some people, it might seem useless to keep hacking at devices that Apple is actively working to not allow hacking. But, here’s why iPhone/iPod Touch hacking matters.

When Apple releases an update, those participating in the hacking festivities have to decide whether or not to upgrade. With the iPhone 1.1.1 update, we got a slew [...]

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First reports of iPhone VoIP application surface:

[I]t does look like a true, calls-over-WiFi VoIP client for the iPhone could be just around the corner.

In my opinion, this is precisely why Apple is so aggressively guarding the iPod Touch from hackers.

The quality of VoIP and the ubiquity of WiFi in many areas makes this [...]

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I love when I make a serendipitous discovery, particularly in software. I haven’t seen this documented anywhere, but somewhere along the way, Apple pushed out feature addition to iTunes’ Party Shuffle feature.

I think we all know that in iTunes > Preferences > Playback you can specify how you’d like to shuffle. iTunes lets you specify [...]

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Folks have been pining for native iPhone apps since before the thing was even for sale. Since I have had my hands (at least one of them) wrapped around mine almost non-stop since June 29, I have begun to identify my most wanted apps for iPhone. This is a short list. I will post a [...]

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If you’ve tried entering someone’s Skype name into their address book as an IM handle, you have encountered frustration because there are no custom IM labels in Address Book. A solution (although it doesn’t propogate to the Skype buddy list) is to use the telephone fields. Skype is for phone calls anyway so this makes [...]

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With the latest updates to iTunes, Apple has brought ringtone creation to the table in Apple’s typical fashion: stupid easy.

There is a new sort column for purchased tracks that can be converted to ringtone. Of course, this won’t show for songs not purchased from iTS, so if you have much non-iTS music in your library, [...]

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On Selfishness: “You know what’s worse than being pirated? Being forgotten.”

I almost stopped reading Mike’s post. I enjoy his writing, but the length was off-putting. I stuck with it though, and this, the very last nine words of the post was the reward. Truth. Profound truth.

(Via motherfucker.)

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